Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, February 8, 1859 · page 1

 

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VOLUME XLII.---NUMBER 6.

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I:‘I0RW~AL»K o.lzErr’E..: 1

(Since in7'Wooc1'§ New Brick ‘Building.’
. , Main Street,
A. H. !srI1vatro1v7&- Co.,‘
A". H. Bi'lSGTON,J. B. ELLS, (3. N. Er.I.e.
. Subsc_i-lptiou, Rates,

5° 9'39 .V§8l', 3l3,—wit!_i paper,

“*0 Sills!” do. $23 -—-with p-- per 00
Fuel: soaiciggliaisqum, ,,,’,,. ,9“, “., _' 3 on
One h_:iI"Coluin_n, one year, 49 U0
0» Colullll. ooeyear, 75 oi

“"“"5°“3 °¢"-UP.‘/‘ing three or more squares, are enti-

‘IB-1 to thepaper free or charge.
Fm9en_lineI, or 100 words make a square.‘ l~‘ractior:r.l
-‘p3"3 973‘-Iqual‘e,'charge-I for as a whole.
“'“'l7 9-flV’0_ttisei‘s havethe privilege of changing their
l‘"|’3lIements once per. month. Ailverti~‘emenis
changed oftener charged as transient. ‘

VT“-1|5i9l.|,§ advertisements payable 1st of" January and ~

Jo . - _ .
Yearly advertisers restrictedto the business contem-
plated at thetime ofcontract.
Cards, Resolutions; Funeral and all other Special .\’o-
" t_ice_s, 25 per c(?_flI.43(IdlIl0XlilI on the above.
E’ These terms will be inliexihly adhered to.-

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. . I.*Iorwalk_Hotel.
A . »D_.STEI’flIJNSON,Pnorntsron.
 A first class Hotel, beautifully located at

ception of guests at all times. In connection
with the Hotel is u _ large Livery Stable,
where-goodflorses and Carriages can at all
times -be_procu_re,d, - 115

Connecticut Hotel.
‘EAST SIDE 4 THELBRIDGE, NORWALK, CONN.
_ J. C. KELLY, Proprietor,

This‘ well known find popular House,while
under the management of James Stevens de-
ceased, is open for the reception of transient
or permiacnt ;bo‘_ariIc_rs. and no expense or
p_-alas will be spared to secure the comfort of

gin

guests.
:Good "St-.1bl'ing for horses, &c. . 1
C South Norwalk Hotel.

JAMES. LUCAS, PROPEZIETOR.

.This-House has recently been thoroughly
rebuilt and greatly enlarged, and is now

eutly located, in immediate proximity to the.
depot of the N. Y. and N. H. Railroad, and
in this respect for permanent or transient
burders po:-jscsses advantages river any other
Hotel in the town". A good Stubleis kept in
connection with the Hotel.

Woo’3ter.House, Danbury, Conn.
WM. P. STEVENS, Proprietor.

.Tlie -Subscriber, having purchased the
above named Hotel.:is_:pi-epured to receive

eutertsin‘ «Travellers und'the Public gener-
ally. The Hotclis large,cominodious, and
is fitted up with the conveniences of modern
Hotels"; itis abundantly supplied with pure
ipriug .Water,and is pleasantly located on

sin" Street, within a very few rods of‘ the
Rai~lr"oad ‘Depot.’ '

Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
« _ , — -—-and=—-
. :onNrLEgts'N’s FURNISHING Esirouiun,
....No. 3 Skiddyfs Block,
___liIai n.Street, Not-walk, Conn.

_ .-‘I’. ,1‘-..'1‘.'¢.;>0'..1'fi.
A-ttoruoy.:an'd counselor at Law,

.. , .:N0..i'_“7 3,131" G933‘-
’ c.”.v.; anthrax,
‘Dealer in Forei_gn_ond Domestic

mfioooins. .cARPETINGS.

" or”: ‘:T-rzmmings, by tire Yrwd,
~ I Piece of Package.
A -sussrnvas, sm,_;n_r;.§{Gs, Jnims,
. At the lowest possiblggprices.
'N'OR_WAt.K., _<_=oN N.

WuoLEs.u.E axn Rm-.uL DEALER IN

.MA.\'UE‘A_CTURl-‘.!a0F

‘I_‘in,Sheet Iron & Copper Wares

_‘ment_'. of, ',"Jge1ze7‘1_z'1 House-kfeping
‘ Furniture, at Sa.N07'u'al]r.
= - V V Cami.

nrcn .& sour,
= "lIA‘bIUF’AC'l‘URl-IRS or

flfonumehts,' Grave Stones,

GROCERIES, ,t‘i.oiiI_-i,,,i‘EED,, &c.,
’ No’s"l'l &L‘l6 Main Street, Norwnlk,Conn.

im... 7.00 .A..n. to 8,00 P.M.

mantles cue".
T Purdy’s Station, New York. Ouretock
comprises the very besfquulity of Italian

C and American Marble. Allwork delivered

free of charge. All orders promptly execu-

‘ ted, at prices as fuvorableas can beobtaiued

at any‘similur,establisliinent in thecouutry.27

_ , Dezntistryn,
Doctors 8.11.!» 6!. PITCH,
 __ Surgical & mechanical
.D'-ENT.I.ST s,
miles over the Store ofc. J.Gruman

NORWALK ,CONN.
Cu.uu.t-:sFrrca.

Erna ius”imAivcr:- COMPANY,
_ -Of‘ Hartford.

A .f.-I ILL.

' In'ca'7"po-fa-ted in 1819. C'li.arte‘r Pe;petii.aI.

., ._ Stance, /H 

\ Gash Onpital, -

. £I".°'?i"D."'-3."B0O'.l'Err- 

_ , _ $1,000,000
I/isurgéigtziiist loss and damage by F11”,
“oil e‘r'/21.? adapted la the hazard, and
(consistent wit}: ‘the laws of
. co ‘. ctgmpe-nsaiio-ii.
5 GE‘ .3.’ OWLES, s
ly3-1 " -. = For Norwalk atiild fi€Il:‘i’fy_

 a :1-nokwood & Go
1 ' f”{NORWALK.CONN., .
L‘A"BfU-i‘A“C,1'UnEItS o r
Tin ,Sh;cot.Ifon &f}opper'Wares

'axnnritt._sas I s

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- , Britazmia. Porcelain and Wooden
W are, and Kt':che_»n Funiitwe

'5" ‘ gerie2'al,1’r4§iipo, S heat ~
Lzead , "Lead P2’ eh ,_~_

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may & covnseliarpt 
new tori?” ’

_r'zg.-2:,‘ Eur,naces,_- Cutlery,-

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Amos Hour,
6 oueralPension a» Patent‘ Agent
Ami PTOS(’Ci£l0I‘ of Claims before _

I /4 e se i.>e:-jcil Degmrmv en t 3 tr mt
5/2.2 (,‘au~rt of Uluinzs.
Washing! on . I). (7.

 iii; fiisurancc.

74.. H. 3YIN'G'I'0N',

(At the Gazctleflllicu)
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AMERICAN IEMPERANCE IIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
of lIarfl‘ord,Conn. ‘
' J‘. ‘W. WILSON‘,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,

V. Connected in l)l|'5lllt.‘SS with J. M. Carter, Esq.

and in his office. Main street,
» Nor-walk.Coiiii. ‘I16

:r.:s.moonw,1w.:o., _
H-_OM(EOPATH,

Grnduu*eY:ile Med. Institute,Classl85l is '52
Office in Hubbell‘s Block, Norwulk.
- ui-:ri~:ur:.\r:r;.~z.
Dr. Dennison, Fuirficld,‘ Conn. _
Dr. P.C. Skiff‘, New Haven, Conn.
Dr. Norton. Britlgepoiu, Conn.
Dr. If. A. Collins, Spriiiglield, Muss.
Dr. G. I’. Cooley. New Bi'itziin:Cor.n.
Dr. Joe. II. Austin. Bristol. Conn.
Dr.G. A. Moodv. Pluiuvillc. Conn. ‘
W. S. S.mford at C0 , New Haven.Coun. 46

. Architecture.
SIDNEY Ni. STONE,
.\.i:ciii1'i-:C'r,_ ' I
Will furnish Plains. Specifications," detail
Drawings, and’ sup-.-riim-.i:d the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st.., New Haven. Ct. U52

WIII. C. STREET & 00.,
Importers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in ‘
II ARDWARE, IRON’,

Steel, Cutlery, Guns, Agricul-'

turul Implements, Uils,
I’aiz;its,Windcw Glass,
'&c., 553., &c.
Norvrulk, Conn.
A. II. WILCOXSON

Wu. C. Srarrr,

nurse G. nannorm,

SURGICAL AND SIECHAS ICAI.

EEJNTIST,

Ofiice at Iiesidcure, East Avenue, Nor-
wulk, Conn.

s. 1.1 OLMSTEAD & co,

WHOLES.\I.}-.‘. AND RETAII. DEALEIS I31‘

Norwalk East Office.
- ‘nuns 01.03:. ‘

West 7.30 A. 1u.,——-2.30 P. in.

East 8.20 A. .\l.—5.00 P.. M.

Dunbury and Nul‘$'.“-.tlk Railroad, 8.50 A. M._

Weston, liedding. and Rcddiug llidge I2 lil_
_ , nuts nus.

Wcst9.l0A.M.-5.55 P. M.

East 3 20 A. .\i.—-3.20 P. M.

Daubury and t\‘orw:ilk Railroad 7 5-5 A. Ll.

POST 0l’FICl:‘. HOURS

R. A.Wti.'LuMs. P.'M.

Groceries cheaper‘ than ever,
roja we Ann I , 

Hlisiibscribcr w'o,uld_ii_i‘form. the publI,-

generaliy, that he still continues to sel 3

the best of Groceries. Provisions, &c.,'ut his
old_stund. No. 4 Skiddy’s Block , as cheap as
the elicupest. lie offers grcatindueemeuts to
Cash bu_vcrs,as he has as forge an assortment
of Groceries of the best qualiticsos can be
found at any store in the County. He would
invite the special attention of all to hiss tock

of
_ Coffees, Teas, and Sugars,

Which are of the very bestpqualilypand will
be sold cheap. The public are invited to
ca1l,examinc, and judge for themselves.

' . A. MOREHOUSE.

THOMAS BIIEY,

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Merchant ‘I ailor and Draper
No.3 lfhueuix Block_.Norwulk, Co_nn._
HE.<ll1b§cl‘lbé rwould respectfullyannounce
T t.hatnuving’c.eai'cd out all his old stock
at his auction sa.lcs,lie has now on hand a-
fresh selected stock ofseasonablc Cloths,Cos-
simercs,Vestiiigs,dLc., which he-is prepared
to make up in the best and most fashionable
styles. A complete assortmen t of Men: and
Boys’ C'LOTHJJ\"G RE./1DY.M./IDE.
Grateful for long and continued fuvors,._I..
shall endeavor with renewed exertion, to‘
merit theiicontinuancc.

Norwalk Dye ‘works,
Foot of Mill Hill, Nor-wafir, Uuvm.
JOHN rtcit=i«:.vs,pmcucai Dver and Re

finisher, would remind his friends andthe
public generally. that he still cutriescn the
Dyeing Bueiuess.in\ allits branches, at his
old stand. Ladies Dijt-sacs Dyed any
CoIar,and Steam-Finished in the most up
proved manner. Crupe.Broche,nn¢l Cash-
mere Shawls .Cleaned, Dyed, and Pressed,
To compare with new goods. Lice Damask
and Morcencurtains, Table Covers, Rugs,

,men’s Clothing and Straw Ilats, Cleaned,
Dyed uud Pressed. ~

flgfllf.-7. Joseph Shepherd, Norwulk. Ly-
inan Platt_..\[ain-st..Dunhuiy.Duvid Selleck,
west Norwulk..l. W. Ileod,Stamford, Com.
wulltk Milcs,Milf'ord,Conn. 1-3

Groceries !' Groceries!

W. HUBBELL, JR., wlouldrcspcctfalfl
J. invite the attention of the public gen-
Bl‘0.l9l‘flll) to their large assortment o f

Groceries, Provisions,
Flour, Peed, &c.,

I which he offers forsolc at the lowest possible
prices and warrants them to be oftfie best

quality. Our stock of

‘lea, Coffee, and Sugar,
Is of asupcrlorqnality. and willbe sold a‘
cheap as the cheapest _ We keep a good as’
sortmeut of Flour ofthc best brands cons-
tantly 0.ll.!||1lld-

rsrronwnuw - -1-.o
A-ll »»Pors_on»s owning Horses.

_invoice of Buffalo and other ltobes, every
variety of Blankets and horse Cloths required
for tvipter service, and hnscoustantly on hand

not only be better tirade, but as cheap as the
ssmeerticle can be purchased-anywhere else.
Werespectfully ask thc,p,ublictocall__and sat-
isfy themselves of the fact: -,.

 

do
-Jlfammolli Vein (W"hi'!e fish)

etc..Clenned. Dyed, and Fini.-lied. Gentle-~

TIIE Subscriber hasjust received a large,

1'.i"U'RN'I'.l"I13’El~.

ussortuwntof
Cabinet Furniture

‘ ascau be f'o_und in Fairfield County, and at
lowci-‘prices, FOR ('.flSH,tho.u the same
quality ofGoods can be obtained at any oth-

er establishment.

The Stock consistsin part of
Marble Top, Extension, 'Diuing,
Quurtette. Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus ,.

Sofas, Tcte-it-Tote Lounges, Mahog -
tiny and Cane-sent Chairs; Gift
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, dzc. &c.

 

con-'1.v W./IRER 0024 s.

Coffins, which will be finished in the best poa-
sihlc m-.inuer,and at short notice.

Q A Hearse will be furnished when de-
sired. A. RENOUD.
Westport, lifuyflst, I858.

Wm” WES TPOR '1'

Saddle, Harness, '.l.‘runk and
‘VV'111;p Store.

inhulii-touts of the town of Westport,and

its viciuitj, f'or the kind and liberal patron-

age he has received since his commencement
in the above business, and begs to inform his
customers that he intends keeping coiisluiitly
on hand a full assortment of’ all arti:lescon-

nectcd with l_iis business and is now manufac-

turing a full stock of all descriptions of
Harness and Saddles .

At oeipj Low Prices, and the best materials
 Horse Blunkete,Buffulo Robes.Wbips,Cba-
iiiois,&c.,keplconstantly on hand.
Particular attention given to Cleaning , (‘il-
ing,an(l Repuiringfl urness.

JOSEPH GARDNER .
Westporf,0ct.2‘_7tb,1858. ' 14
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Atlantic 0 a b 1 e

Bias Partedt
But it was some time ago,ai’d is “ allrigbt’
now.
HOLD ON TO YOUR DIONEY !

no longer, as I have now open for ine-
pection the largest amount of Clothing ever
bl'0llgl|ll.lfL_0 this town at onetime, consist-
ing principally of the "

that can be obtained, which I shall sellfor
Cash less than the some quality can be
bought at any establishment in this pa it of
the country, without exception, warranting
the pl.ll‘CllLtS8f‘S "entire satisfaction. Also
some of the cheaper grodcof Goods, which
will be sold for the Cheapest kind of pi ices!
Geui’s Furnishing Goods, a complete .ussol't-
mcnt. Prices under everything.

“ .S'm'aIl Profits” is our lllotto,
I will not sell my Goodsless th2inCostuulcss

lam obliged to, but I am bound to sell you
Goods LESS than you can buy elsewhere,

uuyutay. _RL'tu_euiber the place, undcr.Conii. .1

iIotel,east side the Bridge.
NATHAN TURK.

Norwalk, (3.,Sept._l:th, 
1! Arab! nA'1'st
Fall & Winterstylos

HEsubst-riber hasjust recei vetla lurgein
T ‘voice of .\fen’s and Boys Hats and Cups
of every variety, embraced in the

Fall and I’Vi-nlcr Fasliiovis,
whichnillbe sold‘-as heretofore cheap /oz

and large sales” we find the best policy in

_ HENRY C. HANDLE.
Norwolk, Oct.15tli, 1858.

- co.ar.i count -
H. 8: J. C. RANDIiE,have been re‘

, .. _.ceiving direct from th.e Mines and are

ii! prepared to offer at the lowest market
ra s, the following kinds of COAL. from their
Cool Yard, East side the Bridge, viz : ‘
Spring Jlfountain Lehigii,

Sugar Loaf

Locust Jllovtntain do
Scranton do

' Council Ridge, (Pink .4.-I.)

Laurence - (Red do )
Trevarlon Semi flrilliracile.

The L’.-high, Mammoth Vein,Locust Moun-
tain, Cnuncilltidge and Trevoiton Coule, ave

' of the first class, and are ocknowiledgcd by

dealers to have no superiors. For furnaces
and all stoves with strong draughts.th.c_;Le-
high Cools cannot be surpo.ssed,,beiug hard,
enduring and very pure. For ordinary do-
mestic, [)llI‘[)0Sl‘E,llle Mammoth Ve‘m;Locust
Mountain and Coiiucil Ridge Conls,staud un-
rivallcd; burning more freely than the Le-

high, making no clinker, and leavingfesg nsh-—'

é‘s"an'dslnte than most any kind olCoul known
inthe market.

As to the 'l‘revorton,we causay to any
persons frying it,thut if it does not answer
the recommendation and prove entirely satis-
factory, we will take it back again ifdesii-ed,

ltqonr own expense uud refund the money‘.
' Mr. 0. H. Benedict. long and favorulrlys.

known in the Coal Trade, will be always on

. hand to serve the public. A shareofthe pub-

lic patronage is solicited.

P.‘S,—Just received, a cargo of very supe-
rior Blacksmltli’s Coal, mined by the Hamp-
shi_rcMining Company. _

Flour at Wholesale 1'1-1ccs..

HI-Isabscriber has now on hand a. large
quantity of l“l0ur,and will continue .to-
receive directly from the mills of the West, so
that it‘ will be greatly to the ads outage of
consumersto purchase of him. It does not
stop in New York for inspection, but comes
as near as possible from first hands to the
home of the consumer.
riably be Cash, as he is selling as Agent for a
Western house. Such opportunities do not
often occur, then fall not in your patronage,
and youwillibc able to get Flour by the sin.

glehurrcl,atwholesalc prices. .

F. ILNASII. South Norwolk.

. Quinta-Ann oi. sons.
Cabinet Makers;
At Meir old establislzed IVa7e Rooms,
East side the Bridge, opposite
P/t(27liI. Black,

A now on hand the largest and best

assortment of Cabinet F u r n 1 t or e,
Chairs. Looking Glasses. Mattresset -fie-.
everofrered for sale in this place, which we
havejust purchased for Cash, at extremely
low prices, and intend to sell accordingly.

.We also keep constantly on hand Ready
Made Coflins of all sizes and descriptions,
from the most costly Rosewood to the plain
est ever used.

From ourlong expericneein theUoderta-
king bnsincsmwe are confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
services.

Norwalk,Sept.18th-, 1858. 37

Millrnory and fires: flaking.
’ ISS F. PILGDRIM would respectfully in-

form her old friends and customers of
Norwalk

and vicinity, that she hos‘:-e-opened

- ‘ 0 c__cbuildi g,W ll
stre'e , fior 'e'§l“'6l’fIfe"PiIlt

once. In connection with her Mlllinery,
she has made arrangements to carry on the
Dress Making business in allits brancbcs.43

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Tris boat at-tune um _s_u‘t_tee,n, Qlkted uni

_ srnrnn ‘,.éwA-Nu, =-
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 ow Btickwlie(itlv.‘1bili-~Ivci-. ii’ ‘ e. at.‘
N - oailsiaaii co’ .

your,’ vet? yifipétlgf 

THE subsciberls now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good on

Card, and‘

Where may be found ti. full assortmenlof

IIE Subscriber returnsliis thanks to the-

Best Goods G1. the best ‘Works ,

cash,ui-approved Credit; "Small profits

l.l‘a(IC,Ill‘l(1 upon this principle we mou_ii to
“push utong.keep moving,” so don’tf-iil to
give us a cullat No. 2 Skiddy’i. Block.

The terms will inva-

-gortrg.

. Ibr the Norwalk Gazette.
Tempue Pugit.
, xv 1. c. it.
The days when life is free from care,
And youth is spent in glee,
When nought of pain or gt-two hex.-.i—
Are passing rapidly.
The loves which cheered our youthful heart,
The loves f'rom»envy flee,
Whose gentle tones healed sorrows amart—-
Are passing rapidly.

The times when earth seems fair and bright,
With naught of misery, ’

When all is Illod with frfendship’s light—-
Are passing rapidly.

The stern realities of life-
Ffrin as they seem to be, _

With care and sin and sorrow rife-
Are passing rapidly. -

The hours when mercy can be found,
When we to Christ can flee,

When we can hear the gospel‘s sound-
Are passing rapidly.

The time when cure will shade the brow-—
And bend the weary knee,-

When all will seem more dear than.uow,—
Is coming rapidly.

The time when age will be :1 load,
And weak and anxiously,

We wait for a. divine abode,-
Is coming rapidly.

The tinaewhen we in dust will lie,
And all forgotten be,

With none to “ keep our memory” nigh,
Is coming mpidly.

The time when we must allbcgtn
A long eternity ;
Shining in white, or robcd with sin,-
Is comlngrapidly.
————:4-o-cg;-99-:-——
Fmm the Atlantic iifcnli.-Zy.
The Skater.

The skater lightly laughs and glides,
- iinknowing that beneath the ice
Whereon he curves his fair device,
A stiffened corpse in silence slides.

it glareth upward at his play ;

Its cold, blue, rigid fingers steal

Beneath the treadings of his heel,
it floats along and floats away.

He has not seen its horror puss ;
His heart is blithe ; the‘ villa;e hears
His distant laughter ; ho careers

In festive waltz athwurt the glass,-

We are the skaters, we who skim

The surface of Life’: solemn flood,

And drive with gladncss in our blood,
A during dance from brim to brim .

Our feet are swift, our faces burn,

Our hopes aspire like soaring birds ;

The world takes courage from our words,
And sees the golden time return.

But ever near as, silent, cold, _
cribs: those who bounded no -4u¢;ba_ai_s
With eager licarts, like us, sank.

Because their feet were overbold.

They sank through breathing holes of vice,
Through treacherous sheens of nnbeltef ;
They know not their despair and grief ;
Their hearts and minds are turned to ice.
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SKIPPER GEORGES STORY.

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A roocnisc invczcrons 0:: ran coast‘ or
srwromvotasn.

[The following stroy wecxtroct from a
new novel, entitled, " The New Priest in

._Couception Boy,” ’ in Two Vols, price,

'$l,'i5_; published by Messrs, Phillips,
Sampson and Co., Boston, The author-
ship of the ;work is uttributed to Rev.
Fobt. T. S. Lowell, brother of the Poet

' Lowell. Skippet"Wcorge’s Story is but

one of the many similar gems with which
the work abounds. The poetic grace of
the style, and the ‘absorbing interest of
the story are highly pleasing]

" You have the best lookout in the‘
l|tlglll)0l'll00d,” said Mr. Dcbres, walking
to the spot on which Skipper George had
been standing and looking abroad from
it.“ “This tree didii’t grow here,” said
he, looking up at the gray trunk glisten-
ing in the moonlight _ -

" No sir; -’t was set there,” said the
fishermen. '

“ Is it 9. landmark?”

“ ’Is, sir it may be in 9. manner; but
not for s’ilun on those waters. '1‘ was
set there when riches was taken aw’y.—
Riches came. again‘ but ’twa.s loved, for
e’d’larncd partly how to value riches.”

The gentleman looked, as the moon-
light showed, interestedly at the speaker;
“ Another story with a lesson in it I” he
said. “If it were not for keeping you
out so late, I would ask you to do me the
favor of telling it.” _ .

H Ay, sir,” said Skipper George; “ I
said there were umuuy , lessons sent us.-—
This one comed nearer to me again than
the tother. .1 hope Pvelorned somethun
by that story! Fishermen don't heed
night hours much ; but it’s late for you
as well sir. Mubbe ’ce’d plasc to walk
inside a bit ?” he asked, with modest
urgency, “ It'sa short story, only a heavy
one I" .

“Another time, perhaps,” said "the
strange gentleman; “not now, if you'll
excuse me ; ‘ but if it wouldn't be too
much trouble I would thank you for it
where we are. One hour or another is
much the some to me.”

At the first words of this answer, Skip-
per George turned a look of surprise at
the stranger, and when the latter had
finished speaking, asked,

“ Be ’ce stayun hereabouts, then sir I”

Perhaps he may have thought it strange
that one who looked so like u clergyman
should be staying for any length of time
in the neighborhood, without being bet-
ter known. - ‘

" I am a clergyman,” said the gentle-

oud I ilon’t feel free. until I’m better
'k“°’wn‘" ' pg’. -

Skipper George up ufently, weighed
the answer. He did not urgeijhis invita-

kindly us ever. - ' 

“ Then, sir,” said he, “ cf ’ee’d place to
be seated here, _I’d' tell the story; ,_I
k w it well.” “
"PI'>‘éBr'§* ‘egipjptug it the fisherman cost
awhile upon the restl3"st>l»__\:aves‘ which here
“glanced with the gleam ‘of .trea’cherous'
eyed,-mndithere were dark an-~,dse_t.h. =» 

 

--~..,»m.. . nu" 

- fore his talc, begun it abruptly : “ \Vell,

man, frankly ; “ but not of your church ;.

tion ; but his open face becanI8‘cleer and _

a look at li‘i's’lilIf_Ie,-, and. then gazed.

go, turning his steady eyes to his bearer,
and speaking as if the date‘ or the years
since the date had been painful to him ;
“the hard year that was when they had
the ‘rails,’ they called cm ‘I’’

“ Yes ; thong I was in England at
the time-I~-know pretty well what hap-
pened in Newfoundland. It was a sad
time.” i

“Ay, sir, -‘t was a sad time. Many
people sulféred; some wanted food, and
more ngeh got brokenviu spirit, (and
tliut's bad-'-er a man,) and some got law-
less like. was .a sad time indeed !"
Skipper Giiorge, having lingered thus be-

sir, ’twas ontlie sixteenth day of Janu-
ory——o Tliursda-_v -’twas—-I was acomun
down Backside from the Cosh, liou'ling a.
slide loado’ timber, on.’ my youngest son
wi’ me. It had ubeen a fine day, first
gollll--Oil‘, (for u wintei-’s duy,) wi’ just a
flurry o’ snow now and agen, and a deal
0’ s..ow outhe ground, tull about after-.
noon it began to blow from about west,
and by- nothe, or thercaway, heavy and
thick, on’ groivun heavier an’ bitter cold.

Oh! ’twas'bitter cold! We didn’ say
much together, George on’ I, but we got
along so fast as ever we could. ’Twas
about an hour or two before night mubbe

and George says to me, ‘ Let.’s love the"
slide, father !’ "l‘ wasu’ but we could ho.’
kep’ on wi’ it, though ’t was tarriblc cold
hard work ; but ’twas somelhnn else !

- “ So we turned the slide out o’ the way
and loved her, and come on. ’Ti‘was blow-
un gales- up over Backside; we could
scu’ce keepour fee: ; an’ I hard somethun
like u voice—I suppose I was thinkuii
o’ voices-on’ I biought right up into the
wind. ’Twos just like beun at sea, in a
manner and a craft drivin’ right across

our wake, on’ would liiid beenout o’ sight
on’ licarun i_n a minute. Then I knowcd
by the sound ’twas the Minister-(we
didu’t have e’er o reverend gentleman of
our own in the days ; but ’e lived over in
Sandy Harbor ‘and _’e’d oose to go all
round the Buy.) We could sca’ce bid

toget.her,‘Bu_t l was proper glad‘ to meet
on, (for 9. ‘minister ’s a comfort, ’e know
sir ;) an’ ’e said, ‘ Is’ anybody out ?’—
"l'here’s two 0’ brother lzik’s orphans,
sir, I’m afen red, and others along wi’ ’em,’
I said. So ’e said, ‘ God help them I—
Where are your two other boys, James
and Maunsell ‘F’ ‘ Along wi’ brother
lzik’s two,’ I said. ’T was blowun torri-
blo hard, and cold, and thick ; and the
minister turned wi’ usand we comed up,
ploddun through the driftnn snow,-and
over the fudge. When we opened the
door, first the mother thought there was
four ofus ; andso she said, ‘ James !’ for
weysverc-.all suowt-d.over.;.bnt she sid
there was only three, and ’t wastlic min-
ister wi’ us two. So she begged his por-
dos, uud told on our poor boys were out
ogunnun, and she was on old past they
had. We were all stundun (for we didn’
think 0’ nawthin but the boys) when two
comed into the door, all white wi’ snow.
"P was’ they two, sir, but ‘I: was my ncvy
Jesse and another. ‘ Hove n’t -they
comed ‘I’ ’e said. ‘ Dear, what's keepan

they ?” -

“Jesse had abin out, too, wi’ Izik Maf-
feeu Zippity Merchant, and they were
over to back-side 0’ Sandy Harbor togeth-
er ; ou’y our poor young men were about
three parts of a mile further down,- mub-
be. ‘So, when it comed on to blow, Jesse
and his crew made staightfor Back Cove
and got in, though they were weak-hand-
ed, for one had hurted his hand-wrist-
and so in about three hours, they got
round by land, and thought the tothcr
poor fellows would do so well. ‘ What
can-us do Uuclé'G'eorgie ‘P’ ’e said; for
he's a. proper true hearted man, sir, and
’e was 1;’ mos’ cryun. ‘ First, we can
pray,’ said the minister ; and so he said
a prayer. I make no doubt was think-
on too much over the poor yo g fellows;
and the wind made a terrible great bel-
lowing down the chimley and all round
the house, and so, I was rather uw’y from
it more an’d I ought. The Minister and
Jesse" and I started out. Myamistress
didn’" want me to go; but I couldn’ hide;
and sb,'aforc we’d made much w’y up
harbor agen the wind and growun dark,
(though ’t was snow-un,) we met a man
comun from tother side, ‘Abram Frank ;
and ’e said last that wu's—scen of our four
was, tliey‘were' pullun in for Hebbis’s
Hole, and thei? somethun seemedto give
wuy,,like, wi’ ’em rowan, and their-tliey
gave over and put her uw’y before the
-wind, and so as long as they could see
anything of -‘cm, one was staudun up scaly-"
lun ustarn. ('l‘liut was my James. sir I”).

A very long, gently breathed sigh lie.-re’
made itself heard -in the deep hush, and
as Mr. Debrce turned, he saw the sweet
face of Skipper Georgc’s daughter turned
up to her father, with tears swiming in
both eyes ‘and now possessed herself qui-
etly of her futher’s hand.

." So we turned back, and the minister
wi’ as (’t was a cruel night to be out in)
and the wind almost took and lifted us,
down by, the foot 0’ the path over the
rudge ; but when we got atop here, and
it comed athwart, it brought us all down
kneelun, and we could scarce get over to
the door. The poor mother got up from
ptliechimlvey-coiner ind came forward, but
’éhe‘iiee'iii‘i-”‘a,s _, nythin'; and there was a
pretty young t r by the fire, (this girl
was it little thing, 3! , ut there was 9.
pretty young thing there at never got
up or looked round ; ’t Wu.‘ -Milly Ressle,
that was ti-otliplight to Jami; They
was to have been marriecfln a . ek cf
the Lord willed ; oiid ’t was for ’e’s%f_house
we were druwon out the timber. Slfegust
rocked herself on the bench. She’s gone
long enough ago, now sir l ff"

“ So the Minister took slie Book.~'
read a bit I heard an and I didn’? , ,
uu ; for I was aw’y out upon the s
waters wi’ the young men. ' Oh, wh
night it was! it’s no use! blotvuu;
bellowun uud freczun, and ice all
shore to leeward‘! , 5

“Well, then, sir, about two 0’
night there comed a lull, and thenflherc
was a push or shake at the door, ‘and an-
other--and anotlier--and another-(soc
it was, we all thought,)‘ ,_an‘il then the
door banged open.-.",1‘;,wi‘si-"iiawthing but
colt_},,b,l,asts_comed\,ili;~‘ind then a lullagen
fer ff‘iee“dii'tl or ‘two. So I shut to the
(loci! ofid the poor tfiothcf bloke ‘out
ocryuu} end poor Milly fell over and slip-
Wd rightfdown upon the li_ecrthstone.-—

. e had (liar): time? ofittthat night, f -1

 

"cruel ‘ to of ice right afore the cove ; and
so vi‘ " no can w.i_i_miu‘_ mud ’t

ol the bench sleepuu, mode a scarf of
gurgle like, when the first sound comed

*0 "10 30°F. and when the flaws 0’ wind_

comed in she smiled, and smiled and
laughed as cf :1 body m’y be saynn pooty
things to her in (l'y time. Jesse sid it,
o.nd_plucked me by the coatslceve, and I
sid it, too.

“ Well, sir, night passed ; ’ce may he
sure we didn’ sleep much on’y cat naps ;
and once or twice I fallcd into a kind of‘
dwoll, and started, thinkun they speakun
to me.- Mornun comed slow and cold,
colder than night. ' So the neighbors
cooled in at mornun, and sat by ; and now
and ngeu one -'oulil' say they were fine
young men; and after a bit auother’d
say James wasa brave heart, and how he
saved a boat’s cre_w three years ago, scul-
lun them into‘ B’y Harbor ; and so. they
said how he began to teach in Sunday
School Sunday before ; and how brave ’e
was, when they sid the last of on scullun
uw‘y round the point over the b’y, for
t’ other side, or for Belle-I,le, or some
place to leeward. So they said James
’onld take ‘cm safe, plnsc God, and we’d
hear of ’em some place over the b’y in a.
d’y or two. Then they said they wonder-
ed cf the young men could keep from
freczun their hands, and said mubbe they
woiildn’ git touched, for they was all well
clotlied, and J times ’ould keep up their
spirits, and broth lzik’s little George was
a merry boy, and great play-game for the
rest; and my Muunscll untl ’c’s tothor
cousin, Jolui, were steady young men,
and wouldu’ give up very easy ; but they
were both young,a.n(l looked up to James
though John was it good bit older.

“ Wull, sir the day went on, cold, cold
on’ blowun heavy, on’ the water black
on’ white, wi’ white shores, nu’ slob-ice all
along; an’ more, agree, on’ heavier, to
leeward, sartenly. We couldn’ stir hand
or foot that day, nor next ; but the Lord’s
day came in softer, on’ we got it good ,
crew on’ a stout punt to sarch for the
four poor boys that had been three days
a missun, and old Mr. \Villiamson the
clerk that is now, sir, made a prayer over
us before we loved. When we came to
put. off, they left me stnnduu ; I make no
doubt but Jesse inuncd to spare ‘me ; but
I called an back for I said, why should
I be settun wi’ my lia_nds folded, or walk-
ing about, lookuu out over the water,
and I may just as well be doun somctliun
like a father for my sons on’ for my broth-
er‘s orphans?

“ We made for Broad Cove ; for so we
thought the wind would ho’ driven the
young follows a Thursday ; but we could
u’ get into Bread Cove, for the slob nu’
dukes of‘ ice. The shore looked terrible
cruel l” _

Skipper ._George sot thoughtful a mo-
meat, and then began again. ‘

“ At Port’gal Cove," he continued look-
ing over the water, "they didn’ know
about e’cr a punt, on’ no more they didn’
at Broad Cove, nor Holly-Rood ; for we
staid three days, an’ walked on’ surched
all over. Au’ so, it Thursday morn agen
we comed back home ;-’I: was cold, but
still.‘ So when we coined round Peter-
point, (tliat’s it over at the outside 0’
Blazan Head,yondor,) every man, u’most
looked over his shoulder, thinkun mubbe
the_v’d got in; but ’twusn’ so. They
hudn’ come, 'nor they liudu’ been hard
from. So my mistress, an’ Milly, on’
George, an’ I, on’ this maid kneelcd down
after I’d told ’em how ’t was, and prayed
to the good Lord.

, “ ‘Au’ so we waited, on’ didn’ hear from
the four poor boys, not for a good many
days." '

Shipper George stopped here again for
a while. '

“ Awell,._ sir, their there comed word
over that some men had abin found at
Broad Cove l--it wasn’ known who they
were want we knowed. So they got
Mr. V orner’s boat, and and a crew of
’em went round and Skipper ’Eue.'y Res-
slc, and Skipperlzik Resale, (that was
Milly’s father,) and Skipper Izlk March-
ant, (he was 11’ Skipper then, however,)
but a many friends goe_d in hcr—I couldn’
go that time sir.

, “Twas about sun-go-down she comed
in. Never a word nor a sound! She
looked black seemunly ; and no colors nor
flag. -‘'1‘ was they ! Sure enough ’twas
they !

“ A man had seen so punt ull covered
wi’ ice and hauled her up ; and when he
comed to clear away the ice, there was a
man, seemunly, in the for’ard part ! He
"called the neighbors and sure enough,
there ’c was, and anotlier one along wi’
an; and both seemunly fl kneclun and
lcunuu over the for’ard th’art. They were
the two brothers, J olin on little George,
frozen stiff, and two arms locked togeth-
er ! They died pi-’yun, sir, most likely ;
so it seemed. .'l‘hey was good lads, sir
and they kuowed their God !

“So, then they thought there wasn’
no mere—'-.’’ ' .

The fisherman" here made a longer pause
and getting up from his seat said, “-l’ll be
back after 9. bit, sir; and walking away
from Mr. Debree and his daughter, stood
for it little while with hisback toward
them and his head bare.

The maiden bent her gentle face upon her
knee within her two hands. The moon-
light glossed her black hair, glanced from
her white cap, and gave‘ grace to her
bended neck. At the first motion of her
father to turn about, she‘ rose to her feet
and awaited liim. Upon him too-on-his
heud, bored of its hair, above, on his broad
manly front, and on his steady eye—the
moonlight fell beautifully. Mr. Debree
rose, also to wait for him.

Skipper George came back and took
up his broken story.

.“ Bumbye, sir,.wlien they comed to the
after port of the bout, there they found 9.
young man lyun in the sturn-sheets, wi’
no coat, and his—-and his——his poor lovuu
arm under his brother’s neck ;—and,the
tether had the jacket rolled up for u pil-
low under his head, and I suppose he died
.-there slcepun upon the jacket, that his
brother rolled ,up for un.”

The voice of the father was very tender
and touching; but he did not give way to
tears.

“ So, sir, that young man had done his
part and sculled ’em safe right along wi’
the terrible cruel gale, _w’y ovg,-nu" t-well’.
ty fiiilee.8r u-958,.-:3'c ‘”fe" covef and his
hand-virists were all worn aw’y wi’ work-
up at the ear; bift he never thought of‘:

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through, nor lie could n’ Walk over, then
he gave hisself up to his God, and laid
down, and put his tired arm round his
brother ; end so there they were, sir, in
short after that, (it could u’ hit’ been
long,) there was four dead men in their
boat, awoitun, ousido 0’ Broad Cove, tall
some one ’ould come and take their poor
bodies, and strip aiv’y the ice from ’em
and put ’em in the groundhthat comes
more nat’ral in a manner, sir !

“They did n’ find o'er on our, whatev-
er becomed of"em, but they. found t-_heir
poor guns, and the two orphans had their
names cut, ‘Jolih"B:irbur_v,’ and ‘George
Barbary,’ and one of "cm lied ‘Pet——,’ for
Petcrport, and couldn’ cat no more, for
cold and death. .

“There was three guns cat; and one
had ‘ James Barb‘-‘—,’ that poor Mounscll
must ha’ cut, poor fellow, ufore the dead-
ly. cold killed nu. So the kind people
that found the poor boys, they thought.
James was a respectable young man, and
when they come to lay ’em out, in the
school-house, (they were proper kind, sir)
they put. a ruflle shirt on him 0’ linen.

“ So, sir, the Minister comed OW.’-1' and
buried the dead. Four cofilns were laid
along the aisle, wi’ a white sheet over ev-
ery one because we find n’ pulls : James
and Mounsell, of George, and John and
little George, of Izik; und we put two
brothers in another, side by side, and
covered them !

“ There was two thousand of the func-
rul ;und wlie‘u the minister could u’ help
crynii, so I think almost every one crycd,
as et"t was their own ; and so we hard
that people that lived on Kt-lioy’.-i Island
hard singuu gotta by in the dark, like
chautun we have in church. They said
’t wasben utiful, comun up an’ dyun nw’_v
wi’ the wind. It '5 very like, sir, as Paul
and Silas sang in prison, so they sung in
storm !

“’l‘licn Milly, poor thing, that never
good back to her futliei-’s house, took a
cold at the funeral-, seemunly, niid she
died in J umcs’ bed a three weeks after l
She was out of liermiud, too, poor thing!”

A ftcr another silence, in which Skipper
George gazed iipon the restless deep, he
said, 
" I brought home wi’ me the best stick
from the timber. and hired the rest, and
no {me touched it, and tlicrc it staid. So
next winter, sir, my totlier poor young
man died in the woods 0’ mnsles, (tluink
God !—we never had to more in tilll
lost my fine boys,) and the next sixteen’
day of January I set up my pillar as Ju-
C)b set his pillar, and this is my pillar,
sir. I said the Lord gived, and the Lora
have tookt away ;-—Blesscd he the name
of the Lord. All the riches I had I
thought ’t was gone.” ’

“Yon said riches come again,” said
Mr. Debree, deeply interested and af-
‘fected.

“Ay sir. My maid is gone back to
the house. I can’ tell ’ce what she is sir;
-‘—There’s plenty in the harbor will speak
0’ Lucy Bin-bury sir. I hope ’ce ’ll ex-
cuse mc for keepin ’ce so late.”_ '

“I thank you with all my heart, for
that beautiful story,” said Mr. Debrce.
shaking the fislicrman’s huucl. “ Good
night Skipper George I‘ You have learn-
ed me a lesson, indeed, and, with God’s
grace, it shall do me good. It is a noble
lesson l” .

“The Lord showed me where to find
it in my Bible and my pi-’yer-book, sir.-
I wish ’ce a good evenun, sir.”
o-QQDOO-u-—-:-

THE Tooruacni-:.—“ My dear friend,”
said H., " I can cure your toothache inn
minnte.”

 

“ How? how ?” I inquired. “Do it
in pity.” '

“ Instantly,” said he. “ Have you any
alum ?” - 

“ Yes.”

“ Bring that and some common salt.”

They were produced. My friend pul-
verizcd them, mixed thorn in equal quan-
tities, then wot a small piece of cotton,
causing the mixed powder to adhere, and
placed it in the hollow tooth.

“ There,” said he, “if that docsnot
care you I will forfeit my head. You
may tell this to every one, and publish
it everywhere. The remedy is infalli-
life.”

It was as he predicted. On the intro-
duction oi‘ the mixed alum and salt, I ex-
perienced a sensation of coldness, which
gradually subsided, and with it—tlie al-
um and salt, I cured the torment 'of'the
toothoche.—Z|Imzr1eville Reader.

,—-To-‘Q

SOLD ‘mu Busy 1'-‘on $50.--A man lately
passed through.Nashville. 'l‘enn., with ii
drove of negrocs destined for u Sduthern
market. In the lot there were several in-
fants, which he did not desire to take with
him, because, as he said they would injure
the sale of their mothers. Some of these
be disposed of here, separating them, of
course, from their parents. .

For the sum of fifty dollars he sold to
9 lady in this city an infant of three months‘
consoling its mother with the fiendish re-
mark that he would kill it unless he could
sell it.-—Nasfit'ii’le Gazette. - —
o<.>>

Q‘ It is rumored that Mr. Rairey, the
American horse-tamer uses a file of Con-
grcssiouul speeches to subdue the refrac-
tory animals put under his cliargc. Af-
ter rcudiiig about a quarter of an hour the
quadruped gives in, promises an entire
amendment of morals and manners if he
will only stop.

 

 

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. . . .'l‘lic New Yorkers are to be pitied.
A week since they were treated to u lot
of hogs from New Jersey that died of
cholera, and since then 1200 diseased
sheep have been sent. in from Dutcliess
county. The animals were uttuckeil with
the " scab,” which soon divested them of
their wool, after which ‘ they were killed
and sent tofeed New Yorkers. The New
Yorkers have this comfort that they don-'5
know ‘when they are eating these vile
things. ’ ‘
—--—°--O0-o————- »

. . . .One of the masons engaged on the‘

proprietor of remarkable teeth. Each
topth is a double one, and li_e,.tliiuks noth-
ing’ of biting in two a pigi§€’of iron half
an inch. With _h,is,.-teeth” alone he has
lifted a liogsliegt! of 'ci§i§r..sixinches from
the ground ;.iiid it is quite an'oi_I_iuiement-
to_him tdcreck, up '3 pebble between his’
’t’ectllfia_'e_feasil‘ at non. of ill’. but of on‘

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LAKE mcctosE—-ALrmr:‘I 'scsNsin*---r‘ass
or sr. BERNARD-ITALY. _
LAKE Lhoatons, Aug. 27,1858. I

We left Cliamouuix on the morning of
the 24th, taking the well known "mod to
Mortigny, oier the mountains." "A. rot.
miles only of the road is passable _ on
wheels, but the whole is usually dine
with males. At 9 short gliateltco-Iron:
the hotel the valley terminates, and the
mountain pass begins. As we rose the
pass the snowy range of Mont ,Blan‘,c
came gradually into view, like a great
snow mountain barrier at the end of the
pass.‘ The road winds among the.pIoun-
'mins, very narrow and often very rough
barely affoi-ding a track for asingle mule._
'l‘lic struggling procession which consist"
cd of ten, each with a load of. baggage,"
besides the rider, made-with‘ the guide
and several pedestrians, quite at pictur-
esque caravan. ‘Some of the passes one
very fine, the great towering mountains
on either side. and rearing streum at tlie
bottom’crenti‘iig a constant succession of
siriking.views._. , . . ,

At the pass of Fate Noire is the finest
and wildest part of‘ the road. The nar-
row mule-path ascends along the face
of the mountain until it is more than
one thousand feetfubovotho an‘-’em be-
low, while the mountains above you are
of immense height. , ‘

At one jutting point of the mountain.
.i_ tunnel is cut sufficient for the mule-path
and beyoiid that it is cut in the face of
the rock for some distance, the rock jut-
ting completely over the road. At the
top of the pass is u-little table land, on
which is it tavern, which, being, about
half way on the road,‘ is the usual haltillk
place l'Ul'_ll'alYellcl's in either direction."-'-
A lzirge "number were -here collected of
both sexes, and of all nations, making
with the numerous mules uud guides quite
tl lively time. ' _ _ I

At. this point the road takes a right an-
gle tlirougli nnotlicr puss, which is still
higlior uud wilder than that lit ‘the Fete
N oire. _'A_t one point it is full ‘twelve
hundred feet above the roaring torrent
below, the bed of which is filled with
monster boulders and llillcii; i'oc'ks.' The
lied of the river rises rapidly, so that with-
in a mile the road is on its banks. ‘It is,
tlicrel'ore, for that distance, one contin-
ued cataract, broken by the fallen rocks
into a succession of cascades ~ and rapids,
most‘ wonderful and grand. At the head
of this pass is a little valley containing
some arable land, which is full of inhabi-
tants. A long, winding road,_,very‘ well
built, briiigs us to the highest point of the
road, where we found a military station
in charge of a. lame old soldier, who
brought the whole party to a stand, de-
manding passports. A little delay, and
11 fee of one franc each, let us through
without difficulty.

The road down the mountain. on the
Martigny side, is kept in good order, and
we soon came in sight of that village, and
the long’ level valley in which-it issuan-
ted. At the great height we were, when
we first caught "sight of“ it, it_ looked
like a miniature village set in the midst
of high mountains. .l"r'om the height we
wereit seemed but a. few miles, but the
descent of- the mountain by the long zig-
zug road, was the‘ most tedious that can
be imagined. Stretch after stretch, and
mile after’ mile was passed, and at every
turn of the road,‘ as the village came in
sight, it seemed as far ed as ever, But
all journeys must come, to a,u_,'eI,d, and
we finally arrived at Martigny, a most
tired and forlorn looking set of plcasull
tourists. Few had ever before been ou_
the back of a male, and the rackingimo-”
tion of the animal in the asceut,,and-jatill

more in the descent of the mountains, _

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repeat. Murtigiiy is o dilapidatcd.]:l9_o_k-
lug old town, but being at the {the
great pass to Chumounix, am 1- ‘

eral large hotels, and
tourists. ‘ ,
We took the diligcpgc V T, ?
morning for .Briegg,;c'-tow;
of the valley of tlie B_li_o_n
foot of the _Simp'lon_ 
Tlic l‘0:i(l l.hrongli_th‘c‘
and many parts-of the ‘pl n
and well cultivated. 
many old towns and vii]

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isnow mtg _

ll!8l'!_Y. which contain 1 
old castles vefy.nctl"r' _; ‘F a
once a large and: 
now quite ydccayye, A .
Visp is the utos’t.’_« ‘
we gvei‘ met. Ifwu, _
by an eui‘thquakc.. “ _
its iniiabitants u” e:i_t}~ "
not worth; whiletog. Q
ble re airs. Someo 1,,
very llirgc and lied '
were deserted, and .biit”_fs - -’
sniallcr buildings had he}
to u habitable condil
squalor and wretcliedn _
tiints was most revolting‘
Bi-leg r early in the cf, L
were delayed until thé i
The town is at the foe t, W
plon road, and being ‘a not
place for traveller-s, is‘ com
coinfortulilc. A

‘iiratively

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very ancient sand . . -—

quaint old castle, or family residence‘...-:7

is in the midst of the town, which will et-

tractuttcntlou by its high miuiarets in -_

the Turkish ttylc. _

In the morning we took a carriage or.
voiture, as they are here culled, f'oi'.oIIr
pni-tyo: four, which is quite ‘as cheap,

not! much more comfortable than the dif-
igence- We started early, commencing D

the ascent immediately from the town.-
This celebrated road has been so often
described, that it is unnecessary to go in-
to detail. It is certainly one of the most
wonderful works of useful art which the
world liu-:l then ever seen, and is still on-
purallerl for its excellence, andthe perfec-
tiou of its details. It was built by order
of Napoleon, after the great battle of
Mareiigo, which followed. the celebrated
passage of the‘ Alps: by l|1e.., _, 10f 33-
Bernard, and was“1lf course _ for
military purposes. ,-Front. ,ip‘s_‘_._,
at Bi-iegg. to l‘l.s_7_t,,9'§l,§__,l,,l,!_l.‘t_t,)l‘§,‘Ik*
is 111*. 8.'P.99!i!l.¢3§ 703' "A

 
 

'_,.lll0s .~ perfect of roads"

képt cofistoutly’in\repair by the ‘several

govern nentsthrougb wliicli it pussy and

is a"free,road.’, H . V 4-.
‘ Passiiig_eutirely‘.:ovu- the’ _Alpo.-:thro ‘

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